Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-25
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VICTORIA AND RED SHIRT.

Nhe Lnttcr's Interview with Her iFsjes-
ty-He Presents Much Taffy, but the
Proceedings are Very stiff.
New York Worlds London Special
at the close of the performance a large
portion of the party which came with the
queen went through the exhibition part
of the show. The queen did not go.
She directed that "Red Shirt" and the
principal Indian chiefs should be brought /
to where she was, Red Shirt was the first
presented, The queen now advanced to
the front OF the box. Every one uncover.
ed as she stood up. was not over six
feet distant from the place when Red
Shirt was presented.
Ihe queen, short, compact, stout
figure, was dressed in sait of soft black
cloth. She wore large square. shaped
bonnet, also of black. and tied by two
black ribbons under her heavy double
| ohm. Over this dress she wore plain
black cloth coat embroidered with small
designs OF blacs beads. She has very
clear complexion and very few wrinkles
| IN ber face for woman sixty-eight years
of age. Her hair is still thick and is on
ly iron gray. Her forehead is full and
prominent. Her eyes are gold gray blue.
| Her nose ls prominent and Roman in
| character. Her mouth is very determin-
ed IN its expression. She has an air of
| one who is used to command but In her
manner she is as plain and direct as O
man.
| Standing slightly in her rear was
Princess Beatrice, her fayorite daughter
and constant companion. She is tail
| and much more distinguished-l looking
than her mother. She has o very cleaT
complexion, q high forehead, and blue
\ gray eyes OF her mother and also the
high arched nose. She wore an olive.
green wrap, brocaded in darker shade,
over her dress of light brown cloth. Her
bonnet was dainty Perisian shape OF
the same shade as her coat, with light
brown ribbons. Her husband, Prince
| Henry OF Battenberg, a tall, slight, ordi.
nary looking young man, stood just al
the back OF her, while the marquis OF
Lorne stood upon her right.
The queen advanced to the opening OF
the box and stood upon the floor, which
is about six inches above the level OF
the track. Red Shirt advanced and
stood upon the tan bark, When be was
presented by the interpreter the latter
was very much overcome, but Red Shirt
remained as self-possessed as the queen
herself. He half nodded and smiled.
The queen directed the interpreter to say
to hia that che was glad to see him, that
she had admired his riding very much,
and baee him welcome to England.
Red Shirts face lighted up when this
was communicated to him in husky
whispers by the interpreter. He re-
sponded in the gutturels of his native
language, which the bashfuI interpreter
translated in such feeble tone OF voice
that the queen could not understand
Orator Richmond, however, repeated the
phrase SO that the queen heard it. 1t was
as follows: II have come many thousand
miles TO see you. Now that have seen
you, my heart is glad.'' The queen
nodded at this fowery sentence, and
Red Shirt stepped back.
Then "Yellow-Striped Face" the
half-breed interpreter, was presented
and then came two squaws, mothers o
the two papooses in the camp. The little
Igirl pappoose was first presented. The
4 queen patted her cheek with her black
i silk gloved hand, and then the little
thing stuck out her brown paw, and the
queen shook it. After this the queer
stepped back, but the mother was mo-
content. She walked up and stuci
| out her hand. and the qneer
shook hands gravely and bowed. Their
| the other aquaw came up and said
"How," and offered her hand, and snaI-
| iy little brown bog papoose came uf
and offered his hand. The queen shool
hands with them ell, these being the
only members of the wild west part,
who were thus honored. Then Messrs
Cody and Salisbury we're presented
Both of them bowed gravely, snd Col
Cody smiled pleasantly ct the compli-
ment paid to him by the qneen. Sh.
told him that she had been very muci
interested, and that his fkill was very
great. A moment after this or
equefry signaled for the carriage and il
came dashing up. The queen rave
directions to have the top of the cariiag,
lowered. She then turned to the mar
quis of Lorne and extended to him be
right hand. He bent very low and kiss
ed itand then fell back.